suggest

verb

1. 1

   make a proposal, declare a plan for something

   the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax

2. 2

   drop a hint; intimate by a hint

3. 3

   suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

   Tetracycline is indicated in such cases

4. 4

   call to mind

   this remark evoked sadness

5. 5

   imply as a possibility

   The evidence suggests a need for more clarification